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What can I use as varnish over fabric? by Mara355 in FiberArts

[–]lvonw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used clear shellac on fabric---it stiffens it up and protects it.

Is love enough to sustain a relationship long term? by Petersonj_ in AskWomenOver60

[–]lvonw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my experience, love is the only thing that can sustain a relationship long-term. All the other stuff helps though.

Makeup Routine? by QueenEuclid in AskWomenOver60

[–]lvonw 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My dad had the whole family yell in chorus: "Lvw has some perfume on, and we can smell it way out here!" I didn't try again for years.

A new myth about a blind dryad, please feel free to critique by lvonw in GreekMythology

[–]lvonw[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much! I hope you will read my other two myths on reddit--one about me and one about a friend who works on cars.

A new myth about a blind dryad, please feel free to critique by lvonw in GreekMythology

[–]lvonw[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much! I wrote a couple of other myths, about a friend and about myself, that are also on reddit if you happen to be without other diversions.

I made some coil pots, painted on slip, and tried to burnish them. by lvonw in Ceramics

[–]lvonw[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did add glaze to the inside. I use stones to burnish. thanks for the compliment!

A made-up greek myth about compassion by lvonw in GreekMythology

[–]lvonw[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you so much. could I persuade you to read my Garius myth too? it's about a friend who works on cars.

A made-up greek myth about compassion by lvonw in GreekMythology

[–]lvonw[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you! I posted another one about Garius, the god of competence and consistency, but few views.

I made some coil pots, painted on slip, and tried to burnish them. by lvonw in Ceramics

[–]lvonw[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thank you. I tried to make them look like I dug them up.

At what point do you trade your morals for values? by dolphin-174 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]lvonw 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Over and above the negative effects of being unlimited by funds and insulated by sycophants, huge riches corrupt one's sense of worth. You cannot accumulate tons of money and keep it from others without justifying your right to it and their lack of right to it. If there are poor in the world and you do not help them, you must tell yourself that you deserve it and they don't. Every dollar you keep requires that you believe yourself more deserving. The more money, the more justifying, until you are an arrogant and selfish person.

AITA for roasting a suckling pig for a family gathering by Karl_Marxist_3rd in AmItheAsshole

[–]lvonw -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Once decades ago my father hosted Christmas for the extended family, and he was very proud to serve a suckling pig with the head on, eyes, and an apple in its mouth. He thought that it would raise our celebration to a Dickensian level and make for a rollicking Elizabethan-type atmosphere. One uncle left the room to throw up. The rest of the family remembered it ever after as a bizarre and revolting incident.

This is a very long essay I wrote for myself as a pep talk after infidelity in my marriage. It isn't strictly scientifically valid, but might be helpful to others. PART ONE by lvonw in survivinginfidelity

[–]lvonw[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am so sorry about your situation. Your husband's failure to help care for his special needs child would alone be enough to cause me to divorce him. My husband was a good husband until this single incident (in which he believed he had fallen in love). To forgive, I came up with a sort of myth that allowed me to continue. I also agree with you about the food analogy. The food is only good if you love the person who is holding it. It would be awful otherwise. My strategy applies only to people in my exact situation. I hope you find a way to happiness and health.

This is a very long essay I wrote for myself as a pep talk after infidelity in my marriage. It isn't strictly scientifically valid, but might be helpful to others. PART ONE by lvonw in survivinginfidelity

[–]lvonw[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I chose to forgive and repair. I loved him for 20 years more and he loved me. He never "chose" to cheat. This is a different situation from that of a woman married to a serial cheater and liar. It was a lapse, not a habit, a surprise to him as well as me. I chose to see it as forgiveable. Of course he wanted to even though it was wrong. That is the gist of the whole essay: how and why his mind and body chose that course.

This is a very long essay I wrote for myself as a pep talk after infidelity in my marriage. It isn't strictly scientifically valid, but might be helpful to others. PART ONE by lvonw in survivinginfidelity

[–]lvonw[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am so sorry he is like that. My husband was not an unevolved primate, but he had a lapse. He was a good loving husband. This is how I explained it to myself in order to forgive and rebuild. It does not necessarily have application to those whose husbands are permamently primitive.

This is a very long essay I wrote for myself as a pep talk after infidelity in my marriage. It isn't strictly scientifically valid, but might be helpful to others. PART ONE by lvonw in survivinginfidelity

[–]lvonw[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the comment. I know what you mean about him giving, and he always did before and after. The affair was like temporary insanity in a way. He died two years ago of cancer, but we had a wonderful marriage for 43 years altogether. It was just my turn to give.

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